Peter Joseph Cattaneo

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(born 1 July 1964) is a British filmmaker. He is most known for directing the comedy film ''

The Full Monty ''The Full Monty'' is a 1997 British comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy. The film ...

'', for which he won the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker.

Life and career

Cattaneo was brought up in

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, London. His father was a London-born animator of Italian descent. After attending London College of Printing for an art foundation course, and Leeds Polytechnic for a BA in Graphic Design (Film), he graduated from the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...

in 1989, he was nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under various names, since 1957. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One- ...

for '' Dear Rosie'' (1990). He went on to make his feature film debut with ''

'' (1997), which was a smash success both in the UK and internationally. The comedy grossed £160,049,344 at the box office on a £3 million budget and Cattaneo received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. Cattaneo has since directed several films including ''Lucky Break'' (2001), ''

Opal Dream ''Opal Dream'' (also known as ''Pobby and Dingan'') is a 2006 Australian drama film, based on the 2000 Ben Rice novella '' Pobby and Dingan'', directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring an ensemble cast including Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzi ...

'' (2006) and '' The Rocker'' (2008). He has also directed a multitude of commercials as well as every episode of the award-winning comedy television series '' Rev.'' for BBC Two. He was awarded an MBE in 1998.https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/news/alumni.htm

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1964 births Alumni of Leeds Beckett University Alumni of the Northern Film School Comedy film directors English male screenwriters English people of Italian descent English television directors European Film Awards winners (people) Film directors from London Film producers from London Italian British film directors Living people People from Twickenham {{UK-film-director-stub